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Cat-250 help files - Ed-250w help files

07-15-2003, 10:42 PM

Here is a copy of the ED-250W Help Files:

Cat 250 - Help File

Zone Channels

The CAT-250 has eight (8) zones with eight (8) control channels in each zone. Place your mouse arrow on the zone tab of interest and click. This will display the channels turned on in the zone. To change a channel, click on the check box.

Click OK to save your settings.

Control Code And Prefix Number

To change a code, place your mouse over the code cell of interest and click. Use the key pad to enter a new code and click OK. Codes can be from one to seven digits. To save the code table click OK

The CAT-250 unlock numbers display the current main and secondary unlock numbers. To change the main seven digit number, place your mouse over the unlock number cell and click. Use the key pad to enter a new seven (7) digit unlock number then click OK.

The secondary unlock number is programmed like the main unlock number except it is not restricted to a fixed seven (7) digits in length.

You can select a forced DTMF key as a *, #, A, B, C, or D.

Timer Settings

The CAT-250 timer window displays the current settings of the timers. To change a timer, place your mouse over the timer cell of interest and click. Use the key pad to enter a new timer setting then click OK. There are two timer ranges: 1-1799 seconds (Long timers) and 0.1-9.9 seconds (Short timers). The short timer is entered in double digit numbers.

Example: To set a long timer for three (3) minutes, enter 180. To set a short timer for one (1) second, enter 10.

To save the timer table after you have set your values, click OK.

CW Message

Memory space is provided for a CW identification. The buffer will accept a maximum of 15 characters. To begin constructing a new CW message, click CLEAR to erase the existing message then click on the letters and numbers listed in the table.

+ = "AR" End of Message
# = "SK" End Of Work

Click OK to save the CW message

Courtesy Tones Programming

The CAT-250 has eight (8) courtesy tones which are selected with the tabs labeled CT#1 - CT#8. Select the desired courtesy tone tab to begin programming. Each Courtesy Tone can generate a single tone, two tones, or three tones. Programming values are available to program tone frequency, length of tone, and a delay value between the tones.

To program, clear all previous values with the Clear button. Place your mouse over the first tone and click. The tone programming dialog will appear with values to be selected for the tone frequency and the length of the tone. Select desired values and click OK. Continue with the other tones and inter tone timing if you wish to have more than a single tone.

Continue and program the other courtesy tones with different sequencial tones. These tones can be loaded into the controller by using a macro call.

To edit a message, place your mouse over the message cell of interest and click. The editing window will appear. Select the desired voice word table. Click CLEAR to erase the existing message. To construct a new message, click on the letters, words and numbers in the voice word table. The words will be displayed in the word construction box. When the new message is complete, click OK to save your message.

To program Event Macros, select the Macro Group to display the Event Macro you want to program. The sixteen commands for the Macro selected will be displayed on a sliding panel. Use the checkbox to either enable or disable each macro. To program the cells, place your mouse pointer over the desired cell and left click to highlight the cell. Enter with your keyboard the four (4) digit commands. Repeat for all the cells you want to program.

Along the left side of the panel, the macro number not only serves to identify the macro number, but also has two additional functions as well. If you click on the number with your mouse with one click, the heading along the top will display the macro identification. Double clicking will call up a macro review box to enable you to review your macro programming for correctness.

To program User Macros, select the Macro Group to display the User Macro you want to program. The sixteen commands for the Macro selected will be displayed on a sliding panel. Use the checkbox to either enable or disable each macro. Next enter a code that is a unique number for your macro. To program the cells, place your mouse pointer over the desired cell and left click to highlight the cell. Enter with your keyboard the four (4) digit commands. Repeat for all the cells you want to program.

At the end of the sliding panel is a command button labeled "Message". By clicking this button you can enter an explanation text line for the macro you are programming. This will be helpful to identify each macro string during a macro review or a hard-copy print.

Along the left side of the panel, the macro number not only serves to identify the macro number, but also has two additional functions as well. If you click on the number with your mouse with one click, the heading along the top will display the macro identification. Double clicking will call up a macro review box to enable you to review your macro programming for correctness.

Scheduler Programming

To program a scheduler event time, begin by selecting the "Group" range to display the scheduler number you will be editing. Please note the scheduler number relates to the "Event" macro number. For example, if you program scheduler number 30 to "fire" at the time you specify, then what you programmed in Event macro 30 will execute at the scheduled time.

The check box will enable or disable a scheduler position. This is a handy way to disable a schuduler position without needing to erase all of the parameters. If later you want the scheduled event to become active again, you will not need to re-program the parameters. Just re-check the enable check box.

To program the time, click on the time box and enter four (4) digits in 24 hour time. Note: This field needs to be four (4) digits. Therefore an entry for 7:30AM would be entered as "0730" were as 7:30PM would be entered as "1930".

You can program a time entry for all hours by entering ** in the hour field. For example, to enter an event to fire every hour at 20 minutes pass the hour would be entered as **20.

Program the weekday parameter by clicking on the drop-down box and selecting the desired weekday. You can also skip the weekday or select the event for weekdays or weekends only.

The month and month day is program in a similar way. Click on the drop down box and select the parameter or a skip condition